Category: Adventure

226 page, price pencilled on inside page, worn jacket, bumped, tanned, foxed, Any picture found beside this listing may NOT actually be a picture of this book but a stock photo used by the listing site. 3 R's Used Books and Hannelore Headley Old & Fine Books, Inc. are committed to saving the trees one leaf at the time! View more info

Dark navy blue hardcover with gold NTC crest on middle front, gold lettering on spine. Enpapers, front and back have map of Africa from Rhodesia south, in yelow and green. Back board has precis of book glued in. Ffep has 'compliments of Herschel Collins' in cursive. Pages are deckled, uncut. 305pp. Text is accompanied by photographs. The author's account of her most recent and important expedition. In lovely condition. Any picture found beside this listing may N... View more info

hardcover, rubbed, bumped, tanned, colour picture on cover, with black lettering on cover and spine, loose ripped hinge, tanned , pencil and pen notations on FLEP rough cut, Any picture found beside this listing may NOT actually be a picture of this book but a stock photo used by the listing site. 3 R's Used Books and Hannelore Headley Old & Fine Books, Inc. are committed to saving the trees one leaf at the time! View more info

Dustjacket has moderate wear with a several short tears/price clipped, covers are burgundy/gold, tape residue on covers, previous owner's name on flep, bookstore code in pencil on flep, date on rlep, "withdrawn" stamp on rlep/pocket removed, ex-library with tape on spine, no other library markings visible View more info

Dustjacket has crease along lower front edge/couple small puncture wounds at spine/price clipped/small tear upper and lower spine ends, book is burnt orange/gold, previous owner's name on flep, bookstore codes and price on flep, shadow and light peel on rlep where a sticker has likely been removed, no other prints or editions stated View more info

This wonderful book has a grey hardcover with red quarter binding. Foxing on bottom foredge. Smallest of dings at the bottom of the spine. Text has many diagrams and illustrations and is prisitne. Dust jacket has a white background with black title, red author. Bottom of jacket front shows a photo of the author in the swelling sea. Back of jacket has reflections on the book. A must for every seafaring adventurer. Any picture found beside this listing may NOT actu... View more info

dust jacket ends are heavily bumped with rips and creases along the edges, also water stains and heavily rubbed with a few small chunks missing, dark green with gold and white lettering and a picture of a man and horse, not price clipped, dark green hard cover has water stains along the bottom, and light fading on the edges, flep is gold has penned owners name and address with finger smudges, title page has price in pencil on top corner and shadow of owners name has tran... View more info

Approx. 130 page blue hardcover, beautifully photographed, bumped, rubbed, price pencilled on FLEP, Any picture found beside this listing may NOT actually be a picture of this book but a stock photo used by the listing site. 3 R's Used Books and Hannelore Headley Old & Fine Books, Inc. are committed to saving the trees one leaf at the time! View more info

Dustjacket has light wear at extremities/chipping at spine ends/price sticker on front upper corner, covers are burgundy/gold, barely a hint of wear, previous owner's name on flep, bookstore codes in pencil on flep, tape shadows on flep View more info

PO name stamped on FLEP, approx. 258 pps, Governor Generals Literary Award 1980 sticker on cover, Any picture found beside this listing may NOT actually be a picture of this book but a stock photo used by the listing site. 3 R's Used Books and Hannelore Headley Old & Fine Books, Inc. are committed to saving the trees one leaf at the time! View more info

signed, not verified, 229 page paperback, with several pages of photos, price sticker on jacket, spine bumped on bottom, Any picture found beside this listing may NOT actually be a picture of this book but a stock photo used by the listing site. 3 R's Used Books and Hannelore Headley Old & Fine Books, Inc. are committed to saving the trees one leaf at the time! View more info

Dustjacket has light edgewear/chipping at spine ends/covered with plastic/price sticker on front panel/NOT price clipped, covers are blue, previous owner's name on flep, bookstore codes in pencil on flep also View more info

Ex library with markings one might expect. Blue cloth boards with faded spine, upon which darkened gold gilt lettering spells out the title. Quite worn at edges. Worn right through at top and bottom of spine. Text is in lovely condition with many pictures. Interesting fact: The page facing the title page has a black and white photo of the author, Leo Villa, and his large black dog, referred to as a 'labradoodle' This is 1955. I didnt think the term was in existe... View more info

No other prints or editions stated, dustjacket has price sticker on front/lightest wear/NOT price clipped, covers are blue/gold, lightest wear only, previous owner's name on flep, bookstore codes in pencil on flep as well View more info

This book is in magnificent condition. Forest green boards with a textured leather appearance. Silver gilt lettering on spine. Not a mark on it. Front and top foredges have the tiniest amount of foxing. Dust jacket is gilden boround with a dark brown/white wooodcut inset of Rubin the Sailor standing on a mast with hands outstretched. Well, one hand; the other is clinging to the mast. Unclipped, and in great condition. Any picture found beside this listing may NOT... View more info

Book Club Edition. Brown boards with gold gilt lettering on spine. Lovely clean condition, save for the previous owner's initials on upper right Ffep. This is a rooted in real life story. Jacket front is detail from a painting by Valentin Servov of a curly headed child in a white gown. A tiny bit of chipping at corners and top and bottom of spine. Any picture found beside this listing may NOT actually be a picture of this book but a stock photo used by the listing... View more info

Dustjacket has a bit of wear on lower spine end/NOT price clipped/wee nick at front flap, covers are blue/gold, previous owner's name on first blank end page, bookstore codes in pencil on first blank end page as well View more info